Angelo Benozzo, Davide Bizjak, Daniela Pianezzi, Luigi Maria Sicca
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Abstract
This paper presents the mise en espace of an anti-drama-liturgy written for the Conference “Salute e Benessere delle Persone Transgender e Gender Diverse: Buone Prassi e Nuove Prospettive [Wellbeing of Transgender and Gender Diverse People: Good Practices and New Perspectives]”. By providing an example of conferencing differently, the paper depicts an elliptical (round)table that questions normative assumptions on gender and sexuality and established practices of academic knowledge production and dissemination. It does so, along the edge of anti-binarism, in three ways. Firstly, there is the choice of an elliptical (round)table that is polycentric: it broadens the point of view from the margins. Secondly, our writing sought to favor embodied questioning and dialog over the structured speech report typical of conferences, and the third way is inherent to the genre of theatrical writing related to the mise en espace format, which enables us to ask questions about the relationship between our bodies, broader materiality, and the dominant norms of academic and gendered practices. The intertwining of these elements makes our queering the AcademicConferenceMachine, which is an invitation to recognize the political performativity and imaginative possibilities of any (academic) encounter.
本文介绍了为 "跨性别者和性别多元化者的福祉"(Salute e Benessere delle Persone Transgender e Gender Diverse)会议撰写的反戏剧文学作品:变性人和性别多样性人的福祉:良好做法和新视角]"。通过提供一个与众不同的会议实例,该论文描绘了一个椭圆形(圆)会议桌,对有关性别和性行为的规范性假设以及学术知识生产和传播的既定做法提出了质疑。它沿着反二元论的边缘,从三个方面提出了质疑。首先,椭圆(圆)桌的选择是多中心的:它拓宽了来自边缘的视角。其次,我们的写作倾向于身体提问和对话,而不是会议上典型的结构化发言报告。第三种方式是与 "空间中的"(mise en espace)形式相关的戏剧写作体裁的固有方式,它使我们能够就我们的身体、更广泛的物质性以及学术和性别实践的主流规范之间的关系提出问题。这些元素交织在一起,使我们的 "学术会议机器"(AcademicConferenceMachine)具有了阙如性,这也邀请我们认识到任何(学术)相遇的政治表演性和想象力的可能性。
期刊介绍:
Gender, Work & Organization is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal. The journal was established in 1994 and is published by John Wiley & Sons. It covers research on the role of gender on the workfloor. In addition to the regular issues, the journal publishes several special issues per year and has new section, Feminist Frontiers,dedicated to contemporary conversations and topics in feminism.